Amaya Toman Kumayambiriro kwa June 2001, Apple inasiya kupanga ndi kugulitsa mtundu wake wa Power Mac G4 Cube. "Kyubu" yodziwika bwino inali imodzi mwamakompyuta otsogola kwambiri opangidwa ndi kampani ya Cupertino, koma nthawi yomweyo inali kulephera koyamba kuyambira pakubwerera kopambana kwa Steve Jobs kwa oyang'anira kampaniyo.
Atatsanzikana ndi Power Mac G4 Cube, Apple idasinthiratu makompyuta okhala ndi ma processor a G5 kenako ku Intel.
Panalibe aliyense amene sanachite chidwi ndi Power Mac G4 Cube panthawi yomwe idatulutsidwa. Mofanana ndi mtundu wonyezimira wa iMac G3, Apple inkafuna kudzilekanitsa ndi yunifolomu yopereka nsembe panthawiyo, yomwe panthawiyo inkapangidwa makamaka ndi "mabokosi" a beige omwe amafanana ndi mazira. Mphamvu ya Mac G4 Cube idapangidwa ndi wina aliyense koma Jony Ive, yemwe adapatsa kompyuta buku, lamtsogolo komanso nthawi yomweyo mawonekedwe osavuta, omwe adatchulanso NeXTcube kuchokera ku Jobs 'NeXT.
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Kyubuyo idapereka chithunzithunzi choyandama mumlengalenga chifukwa cha kristalo wake wowoneka bwino wa acrylic. Zomwe zidalipo, mwa zina, kungokhala chete, komwe G4 Cube inali ndi ngongole yosiyana kwambiri ndi mpweya wabwino - kompyuta idasowa chowotcha ndipo idagwiritsa ntchito njira yoziziritsira mpweya. Tsoka ilo, dongosololi silinali kwathunthu 4% ndipo G4 Cube sinathe kugwira ntchito zina zofunika kwambiri. Kutentha kwambiri sikunangoyambitsa kuwonongeka kwa makompyuta, koma nthawi zambiri komanso kuwonongeka kwa pulasitiki. Mphamvu ya Mac GXNUMX Cube inali yosiyananso ndi makompyuta anthawi zonse okhala ndi batani lamphamvu lomwe linali losavuta kukhudza.
Ogwiritsa ntchito apamwamba kwambiri, kumbali ina, anali okondwa ndi momwe Apple idathandizira kuti zitheke kulowa mkati mwa kompyuta. Analiyikanso ndi chogwirira chapadera kuti chikhale chosavuta kutsegula ndi kutuluka. Mkati, kasinthidwe koyambira kudayendetsedwa ndi purosesa ya 450MHz G4, kompyutayo inali ndi 64MB ya kukumbukira ndi 20GB yosungirako. Chimbale choyendetsa chinali kumtunda kwa kompyuta, ndipo panali madoko awiri a FireWire ndi madoko awiri a USB kumbuyo.
Ngakhale mawonekedwe ake osagwirizana, G4 Cube idakopa makamaka mafani ochepa a Apple ndipo sanadzutse chidwi chachikulu pakati pa makasitomala wamba. Mayunitsi 150 okha a chitsanzo, omwe ngakhale Steve Jobs sakanatha kuyamika, adagulitsidwa pamapeto pake. Kuonjezera apo, mbiri yabwino ya "cube" sinathandizidwe ndi ndemanga zoipa za makasitomala ena, omwe amadandaula za ming'alu yaing'ono yomwe inawonekera pachivundikiro cha pulasitiki. Zogulitsa zokhumudwitsa, zomwe zidachititsidwa ndi makasitomala ena omwe amakonda Power Mac G4 yokhazikika yokhazikika kuposa G4 Cube, adatulutsa atolankhani pa Julayi 3, 2001, pomwe Apple idalengeza kuti "ikuyika kompyuta pa ayezi".
M'mawu ake ovomerezeka, Phil Schiller adati ngakhale eni ake a G4 Cube amakonda ma cubes awo, adavomerezanso kuti makasitomala ambiri amakonda kwambiri Power Mac G4. Apple idawerengera mwachangu kuti mwayi woti mzere wazogulitsa wa G4 Cube upulumutsidwe ndi mtundu wokwezedwa ndi zero, ndipo adaganiza zotsazikana ndi kyubuyo. Khama popereka mapulogalamu atsopano ndi kuwongolera kwina sikunawonjezere kwambiri malonda. Ngakhale Apple sinanenepo momveka bwino kuti sipitilira mzere wa G4 Cube, sitinawone wolowa m'malo mwachindunji.
